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  At a very early period, numerou
Greece poured into the western parts
the coasts of which many powerful kin
wealths were established, under the n2



[S migrations from
of Asia Minor, on
gdoms or common-
imes of XEolia and
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Ionia. In the north-west part of this penins
the famous kingdom of Troy; but the whole
part of Turkey in Asia.
  The writers of ancient history generally
the descendants of Gomer, the eldest son of
tled in the northern parts of Europe, whence
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agree, that
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spread
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themselves to the adjacent regions, anu rhe istes ol th
Gentiles,- by which expression Europe is generally under-
stood, as it contained those countries to which the Heb-
rews were obliged to go to by sea, such as the lesser Asia,
Greece, Italy, Spain, Gaul, and the islands in the Egean
and Mediterranean seas.
  In the process of time, the descendants of Gomer
assumed different national appellations. T'Theyrwere first
known to the Greeks under the name of Cimmerii, or
Cimbri, which is still preserved by the inhabitants of
Wales, in the words Cimbrian or Cambrian. But the
Cimbri of the ancients, or rather Cimmerii, was evidently
a modification of the Greeks and Latins, from the more
original term Cymro and Cumeno, representing the still
more original appellation Comer. In- theio various migra-
tions and subsequent settlements in different countries,
they were called Sacaw, Titani, Celto-Scythaw, Celt-lberi,
Galatai, Galli, and Celtae; that is, the people of Sacas-
tena Titans, Celto-Scythians, Celt-Iberians, G alatians,
Gauls, and Celts. To Gomer, therefore, we may attri-
bute the origin of all the primitive inhabitants of Europe
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and
and
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a great part of Asia, including the Ancient Britons
Irish.
he Irish and Scots of the present day, who speak the
c language, once so universal over Europe, are be-
any possibility of doubt, the only pure remnants of
Ler. With regard to the assertion of one of the most